Coin-operated device.



' J. PLATE.

COIN OPERATED DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20. I915.

Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

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COIN OPERATED DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20. 1915.

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Patented Aug. 6,

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coin receiving space UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PLATE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN PLATE, a subject of the King of Sweden, residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Coin Operated Devices, of which the following is a specification.

,This invention relates to coin operated devices and has for its object to providea new and improved device of this description, particularly adapted to prevent operation when a slug or worn coin is inserted.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a view with parts omitted, showing one form of device embodying my invention;

Fig. 2' is, a plan view of the coin slide with'the top removed;

3 is a view of the coin. slide shown in Fig. 2, as seen from beneath;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4.'-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view through the coin.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout theseveral figures.

The device may be used in connection with any suitable mechanism to be operated by a coin operated device. I have illustrated the device as adapted for a five-cent coin, but it may be used in connection with coins of other denominations.

In the construction shown there is provided a coin slide 1, provided with a coin receiving space 2, into which the coin is first placed. Located below the coin slide is a second sliding element 3, provided with a bent end 4, to which is connected a rod 5. This rod passes through a hole in a fi ed part 6- and is provided with aretracting spring 7. When the coin is placedin the 2 and the coin slide moved inwardly, the coin is forced inwardly and drops upon the coin holding part 8.

This coin holding part is provided with a coin receiving .space 9, rovided near its outer edge with a projecting coin engaging device 10. Within the coin receiving space 9 and between the outer edge thereof and the coin engaging device 10 are located two Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

3 Application filed 0ctober'20, 1915. Serial No. 56,845.

movable circuit controlling parts 11, (see Figs. 3 and 5). These parts 11 project upwardly slightly above the bottom of the coin receiving space, being connected with the movable pieces 12. A spring 13 is arranged so as to bear down upon the coin when it is in the coin receiving space. This spring in the particular construction shown is fastened at one end to the frame and has a bent end l-l arranged so that when the coin slide is moved inwardly the coin is pushed under the spring, the spring then forcing the coin down into its slot. This spring is shown in Fig. 4. The coins now in use are provided on each side at their periphery with a projecting annulus 15, as shown in Fig. 7 hen the coin'is moved into the coin receiving space9 the coin engaging device 10 engages it between its periphery and the center, while the projecting annulus 15 drops down. into that portion of the coin space outside of the coin engaging device, the annulus 15 engaging the parts 11. The spring 13, by pressing this coin down, insures the engagement between the annulus, 15 and the through an electromagneticdevice 19 (see Figs. 1 and 6). A' conductor 20 is connected with the contacts 17 and 18 and aconductor 21 is connected with the frame piece 22,

these conductors leading to the magnet. The

adjustable contacts 17 and 18 are connected to the frame by an insulating piece 23, and it will therefore be seen that the circuit through the electromagnet will be broken except when one or both of the pieces 12 are,

in contact with one or both of, the contacts 17 and 18. .VVhen the circuit is completed by the coin through the electromagnetic device 1?,

the armature 21 is moved. This armature is provided with an engaging part 25, which engages the pivoted piece 26 forming a portion of the bottom of the coin chute 2 This piece 26 is pivoted at 28 and has an end 29,

which normally projects above the bottom of the coin chute, as shown in Fig. l. WVhen in this normal position there is an opening 30 in the coin chute, through which a defective coin or a slug will pass into. the discharge chute 31, which returns the coin to the coin holder 32 outside of the apparatus, where the party who deposited it can get it back. When the engaging part 25 is moved by the electromagnet, the part 26 is moved about its pivot to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the end 29 moving down to close the opening 30. When moved in this position the hook 33 engages the end of the part 26 and holds it in this position. The coin in the coin receiving space which has completed this circuit so as to energize the magnet 19, is now moved out of the coin receiving space by the sliding element 3, which is moved by pushing the rod 5. The coin then falls into the coin chute 27, passes along the part 26, strikes the hook 33, and disengages it from the part 26, the part 26 being then moved to its initial position, the coin passing on down the coin chute and striking the movable part 34. This movable part is connected with the mechanism to be actuated, which may be of any description. The mechanism is then actuated and the coin drops into the receptacle 35. If a slug or a worn coin is placed in the device, it will be seen that when it comes into the coin 'receiving space 9, it will not complete the circuit throu h the electromagnet 19, due to the fact tiat it has no projecting annulus to move the circuit controlling parts 11. The part 26 will therefore remain in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1, and when the sliding element 3 is moved to push a slug or worn coin out of the coin receiving space, it will pass down the chute and then pass through the opening 30 into the return chute 31 and out into the coin holding part 32, being thus returned to the party who placed it in the machine.

I claim:

1. A coin operated device comprising a coin receiving space, means for moving the coin into said coin receiving space, a coin engaging device associated with said coin receiving space between the outer edge and the center thereof, a movable electric circuit control part projecting into said coin receiving space between .the edge thereof and the coin engaging device and adapted to be engaged by the side face of the coin near its periphery so asto 'be moved to complete 721 electric circuit, a pressure applying part independent of the means for moving the coin into said coin receiving space and which presses the coin toward said circuit control part, an electro-magnetic device in said circuit, a coin chute into which the coin is received from the coin receiving space, said chute provided with two branches and a part actuated by said electro-magnet to switch the coin into one of said branches, the coin passing into the other branch when the elec tro-magnetic branch is not actuated by the com. 7

2. A-coin. operated device comprising a coin slide having a coin receiving 0 ening, a coin receiving space into which t e coin is moved by said coin slide the said coin receiving space having its diameter in a plane substantially parallel to the face of the coin slide, a pin substantially at right angles to the face of said coin slide projecting into said coin receiving space, said pin adapted to be engaged by the annulus on the side face of the coin near its periphery, a circuit controlling device ada ted to be moved to complete a circuit by t e movement of said pin, an elect-ro-magnetic device in said circuit adapted to be actuated when said pin is moved, a coin chute into which the coin is received from the coin receiving space said chute provided with two branches an a part actuated by said electromagnet to switch the coin into one of said branches, the coin passing into the other branch when the electro-magnetic device is not actuated by the coin.

3. A coin operated device comprising a coin slide having a coin receiving opening, a second slide, a coin receiving space into which the coin is moved by the coin slide, the said second slide when operated adapted to discharge the coin from the coin receiving space, two pathways along which the coin may be directed, one returning the coin to the depositor, the other discharging it within a closed receptacle, a controlling device which when actuated determines the path along which the coin travels, an electromagnetic device for controlling said controlling device, an electric circuit leading from said electro-magnetic device to said coin receiving space, and a circuit controlling part projecting into the coin space and actuated by the projecting annulus on the coin to complete the circuit through the magnet.

4. A coin operated device comprising a selecting device for selecting coins from slugs, said selecting device comprising two pathways for the coin, and an electrically actuated controlling device for directing the coin along one pathwa and the slug along the other pathway, a clrcuit for controlling said controlling device, a switch engaged by the annulus on the side face of the coin near its periphery and adapted to be moved thereby So as to close said switch and complete the said circuit through said controlling device.

5. A coin operated device comprising a coin slide adapted to engage the coin and move it, a coin receiving space into which said coin is moved by said coin slide, a in substantially at right angles to the direction of movement of said coin slide, a spring substantially at rightangles to said pin and connected therewith, a circuit controlled b said pin, an electro-magnetic device in said c1rcu1t, a coin chute into which the coin is received fromithe coin receiving space, said in the presence of two witnesses this 6th day chute provided with two branches, a part of October, 1915. actuated by said electro-magnetic device to JOHN PLATE switch the coin into one of said branches, the

coin passing into the other branch when the Witnesses: electro-magnetic device is not actuated. ELLA THIEME,

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature Es'rnnn VAN FRANK.

0071a 01 this patent my be attuned to: he cents each, by lddl'l'llil the "commissioner of latent;

. Washington, D. 0. 

